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City Hall 

PITTSBURGH. 



Corner Stone Laid, May 5, 1869. 
Dedicated, May 23, 1872, 




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PITTSBURGH: 

PRINTED BY STEVENSON & FOSTEE. 
1874, 



PREFACE. 



The new City Hall of Pittsburgh, of whict a description is given in the 
following pages, is believed to be, in its external appearanT!e and design, as 
well as in its interior arrangements, for the purposes intended, one of the 
neatest and most substantial structures of its size and kind in the United 
States. Necessarily placed in the thickly built and business part of the 
city, where surrounding grounds, by which it might show itself to advan- 
tage, could not be spared, it yet attracts the attention of the passer-by and 
receives the admiration of all. Its architectural features are of marked 
merit, and no stranger that visits it can fail to commend the enterprise 
and -liberality of our people in providing such a permanent and safe depos- 
itory for the city archives, and an attractive and convenient place for the 
transaction of the public business of our growing municipality. 

But it is within that the edifice shows to the best advantage, and ex- 
hibits its utility and the care and forethought given to' its construction. In 
its arrangement is embodied the best experience and the most careful 
study of the requirements needed. 

Its ornamentation is massive and elegant, though not extravagant. 
With ample light from every direction, high ceilings and elaborate finish 
throughout ; with broad public passage ways and the substantial furnish- 
ment of the rooms, it affords the most complete facilities that could be 
desired. 

The account of the construction, dedication and occupancy of the 
building is arranged in the order following : 

Record of the action of Councils. 

Dedicatory ceremonies. 



JV PREFACE. 

Description of the building. 

An account of the means by which correct time is obtained and of the 
announcement of the same. 

The Fire Department and Alarm Telegraph. 

Detailed statement of expenditures, including expenses of care, re- 
pairs, &c., to July 31st, 1874. 

Summary of expenditures for construction and fitting. 

It is proper, before closing this brief introduction, that the surviving 
members of the Commission should bear testimony here of the valuable 
aid and services rendered by their President, Col. William Phillips, now 
deceased. 

JAEED M. BRUSH, 
THOMAS STEEL, 
WM. M. LYON, 
EICHARD HAYS, 
JOHN H. HARE, 
H. W. OLIVER, JR. 

City Hall, September 10, 1874. 



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OMMISSION. 



PRESIDENT: 
WILLIAM PHILLIPS. 

SECRETARY: 

Thomas Steel. 

"William M. Lyon, James M'Auley,* 

EicHARD Hays, Jaeed M. Brush, 

John H. Hare, Henry W. Oliver, Jr. 



■ Henry W, Oliver, Jr., was elected by the Board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of 
James M'Auley. 



HISTORY 



OF THE 



CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPANCY 



CITY HALL 



RECORD OF COUNCILS. 



Record of Action of Councils. 



At a regular meeting of the City Councils, held in the old City 
Building, on Market street, Monday, July 30, 1866, the following 
resolution, presented by Mr. Hare, was adopted in both branches : 

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed, two from the 
Common and one from the Select Council, in conjunction with the 
Presidents of Councils, to look for a lot for city buildings. 

The committee appointed consisted of Messrs. John H. Hare 
and Jared M. Brush for Common, and Mr. Wm. Phillips for 
Select Council ; Presidents of Councils : Select, James McAuley, 
and Common, Thomas Steel. 

At a regular meeting, held on Monday, October 29th, 1866, in 
the Common Branch, Mr. Hare, from the Special Committee, 
made report recommending the purchase of the lot on the southwest 
corner of Smithfield street and Virgin alley, adjoining the United 
States Custom House and Post-office property. 

The report was accepted and approved by both branches, and 
the committee was empowered to make the purchase. 

At a further meeting, held Monday, December 31, 1 8 66, Mr. Hare, 
from the committee, reported that they had purchased the piece of 
ground named, from Messrs. Lyon, Shorb & Co., at the price of 
$100,000, with satisfactory terms of payment. 

The report was accepted and approved by both branches, and 
the committee discharged. 



12 ACTION OP COUNCILS. 

On March 1st, 1867, an Act was passed by the General Assembly 
of Pennsylvania, creating a Board of Commissioners for the erec- 
tion of a City Hall in Pittsburgh. The Board, as appointed by 
the Act, consisted of Messrs. "Wm. Phillips, Jared M. Brush, 
Thomas Steel, "Wm. M. Lyon, William Holmes, James McAuley, 
and John H. Hare. 

At a meeting of the Commissioners, held, as provided by the 
Act of Assembly, on the 12th day of March, 1867, the Board duly 
organized by the election of "William Phillips, President, and 
Thomas Steel, Secretary. 

Mr. "William Holmes declined the position, and his place was 
filled by Richard Hays, who was chosen by the Board. The sub- 
sequent death of James McAuley caused a vacancy, which was 
filled by the election of Henry "W. Oliver, Jr. The choice of 
these gentlemen was approved by Councils. 



DEDICATORY CEREMONIES. 
CITY HA-LL, 



1872- 



Dedicatory Ceremonies. 



On the 23d of May, 1872, the building was dedicated with in- 
teresting and appropriate ceremonies, and the City Government 
thereupon took permanent possession. The following account of 
the proceedings is collated from the morning papers of the follow- 
ing day, May 24th, 1872 : 

An event so important as the completion and occupancy of our 
new Municipal Hall, was happily not suffered to pass without the 
formalities which custom has sanctioned in such cases. There was 
no needless display, nor extravagant expenditure in the inaugura- 
tion, but a sensible and fitting celebration of the event. The pro- 
gramme has been before the public for several days, and it may be 
said that the arrangements were all in good taste and admirably 
carried out. 

The morning was inauspicious, as the sky was overcast and rain 
commenced falling heavily as early as seven o'clock. An hour 
previous to this, however, the ceremonies were begun by the great 
bell on the hall ringing out " 1-7-5-8," the date of the French 
evacuation of old Fort Duquesne. This was followed by the Mar- 
seilles Hymn, played from the balcony by the Great Western Band. 
At nine o'clock the bell struck " 1-7-6-4," the date of building 
the redoubt by the English, the band following with "God save 
the Queen." The band then proceeded to old City Hall, where 
the members of Councils and city ofiBcers had assembled to take 



16 THE CITY HALL. 

part in the procession. A joint raeeting of Councils was held in 
the Common Council chamber, Mr. H. W. Oliver, Jr., presiding. 

Mr. Gazzam offered a resolution, which was passed, expressing 
regret at leaving the old building with its pleasant associations, 
and pleasure that the city had grown so great and wealthy as to af- 
ford such a magnificent building. 

Burgesses and Councilmen from the South Side boroughs, re- 
cently consolidated, were present and participated in the exercises. 

When the hour of ten arrived, a heavy rain was falling, and the 
procession did not move until half-past ten. It was headed by an es- 
cort of police and the Great Western Band, and included the City Hall 
Commission, Mayors Blackmore and Callow, ex-Mayors, Borough 
and City Councilmen, City Officers, etc. On arriving at the new 
City Hall the building was found tlironged with citizens, who had 
gone there to inspect the hall and witness the ceremonies. The 
procession was halted in the rotunda, where Mr. Gazzam introduced 
the Eight Eev. J. B. Kerfoot, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church, who delivered the following appropriate prayer: 



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NYOCATION 



O Lord God, our Heavenly Father, who art the blessed and only 
potentate, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, who only hath 
immortality, and dwellest in the light which no man can approach 
unto, to Thee be honor and power everlasting. Amen. 

Hear us now, O God, when we come before Thee, in behalf of 
ourselves and of this whole city, to ask Thy loving care and help, 
and to offer to Thee our prayers and vows in the name of Jesus 
Christ, Thy Son our Lord. Except Thou, O Lord, keep our 



DEDICATORY CEREMONIES. 17 

city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Still keep us and our 
children as Thou hast here delivered and kept our fathers in the 
days gone by. Thou hast given us a good land, a land of foun- 
tains that spring out of valleys and hills ; wherein ,we eat bread 
without scarceness, and lack not anything in it ; a land whose stones 
are iron, and out of whose hills we dig our wealth. We have built 
ourselves goodly houses, and we dwell therein ; our gold and our 
silver is multiplied ; but we would not let our hearts be lifted up 
so that we should forget Thee, the Lord our God, in not keeping 
the commandments and judgments, and Thy statutes, which Thou 
hast commanded us to keep. Thine, O Lord, are the greatness, 
the power and the glory ; riches and honor come of Thee. Thou 
reignest over all. In Thy hands it is to make great and give 
strength unto all. Now, therefore, O our God ! we thank Thee, 
and praise Thy glorious name, for all Thou hast done for this our 
city, for its people, and for our whole nation. Yet have we not 
served Thee, nor obeyed Thee, as we ought to have done. We have 
not kept Thy laws nor honored Thy name as we ought. We and 
our fathers have often, and in many ways, sinned against Thee. 
Therefore, this day, do we pray Thee, remember not. Lord, our of- 
fenses, nor the offenses of our forefathers ; neither take Thou ven- 
geance of our sins. Spare us, good Lord. Spare Thy people whom 
Thou hast redeemed with the most precious blood of Thy Son, and 
be not angry with us or our children forever ! Let not Thy favor 
and blessing be ever withdrawn from this city and people, nor let 
Thy sore judgments come upon us. Deliver us, good Lord, from 
lightning and tempest, from fire and conflagration, from plague, pes 
tilence and famine, from battle and murder, from all seditions, 
privy conspiracy and rebellion, and from all contempt of Thy 
word and commandment. May it please Thee, good Lord, to 
succor, help, and comfort all among us who may at any time be in 
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18 THE CITY HALL. 

danger, necessity and tribulation, to preserve all sick persons and 
young children, to pity the prisoners and captives, to defend and 
provide for the fatherless children, the widows, the aged and deso- 
late, and all who are oppressed with sorrow or wrong. 

Stir the hearts of Thy true servants in this community, espe- 
cially of those to whom Thou givest earthly riches, to establish and 
multiply among us the institutions of mercy and charity to the 
souls and bodies of men. May the houses of prayer be abundantly 
built to Thy honor, and be diligently used by godly people, in of- 
fering to Thee prayers and praise, and in hearing Thy Truth and 
Law. May the schools for the young be multiplied among us, and 
in them may the children be well trained in all useful knowledge, 
in true virtue and integrity, and in reverence and obedience to Thee 
and to Thy Word and Law. 

Make us a people that knows and worships Thee, the one true 
God, revealed to us in Thy Son, that Thou mayest show mercy 
upon us and our children to all generations. Make Thy holy 
name to be reverently spoken among us all, so that in regard to 
the oath of God, this people may speak every man the truth with 
his neighbor, and execute the judgment of truth and peace in our 
gates. 

Make Thine own holy day to be ever revered by us and our 
children, to the glory of Thy sacred name, to the spiritual and 
temporal gain of this people, to the rest and refreshment of the 
weary in body and in mind, and to the perpetuation of our social 
virtues, and of our national life and prosperity. 

Fill our homes with domestic peace and order, teach our children 
to love, honor and succor father and mother, teach us all to honor 
and obey the civil authority. May malice and hatred, passions and 
lawlessness, cruel wrongs, bloodshed and murder, be restrained and 
prevented among us ; may the honorable grace of purity and the 



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manly virtues of temperance, soberness and chastity grow and 
abound in our midst, and banish more and more the shameful and 
deadly sins of licentiousness and lust. 

May true and perfect honesty prevail in all the, dealings of our 
trade and commerce, and in the discharge of all our public trusts, 
and may the lust of covetousness, the wrong doings of idleness and 
robbery, be checked by Thy fear, and by the faithful enforcement 
of righteous laws. May the truth be spoken among us in charity, 
and may the words and deeds of benevolence prevail in our com- 
munity, and that, loving our neighbor as ourselves, and loving 
Thee, our Father, with our whole strength, we may be indeed a 
people blessed of Thee, our God. 

And now we humbly ask Thee, O Lord God, who alone dost 
ordain the civil powers of the earth as Thy ministers for our good, 
to make this house, built by this city for the ministration of justice, 
and for the discharge of sacred municipal trusts, the house of that 
righteousness and integrity which spring out of Thy holy fear. 
May the hearty belief and constant remembrance that God shall 
judge the righteous and the wicked in His Great Day, banish wick- 
edness from this place of judgment, and iniquity from this place of 
righteousness. We know and believe that, " Except the Lord build 
the house and rule in it, they have labored in vain who build it." 
Therefore, we openly confess Thee here, this day. Thou God of 
Heaven and Earth. The rulers of this city offer Thee now their 
vows of fidelity as Thy ministers for the good of their fellow-citi- 
zens. We believe Thy word, that when it goeth well with the 
righteous the city rejoiceth, and that by the blessing of the upright 
the city is exalted. Give, therefore, O Lord God, Thy Holy Spirit 
to the Mayor, the Councils, the magistrates, and all the officers of 
this city, that they may approve themselves in Thy sight and be- 
fore their own consciences in every official trust; and throughout 



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our land, in every part of it, do Thou so direct and dispose the 
hearts of all Christian rulers, that they may truly and impartially 
administer justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice and 
the maintenance of Thy true religion and virtue, so that this our 
city, this State, and the whole nation, may honor and fear Thee, and 
may grow in Thy obedience and fulfill Thy merciful purpose, and 
that thus we and our children may long dwell and prosper in this 
good land that Thou hast given us, through the name and merits of 
Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord. Amen. 

The Eight Reverend gentleman then pronounced the Lord's 
Prayer and the benediction. 

Addresses. 

Colonel Wm. Phillips, Chairman of the City Hall Commission, 
in a few pertinent remarks, welcomed the members of Councils, 
and surrendered the building into their custody, as the representa- 
tives of the people. He concluded by introducing and compli- 
menting Mr. J. W. Kerr, the architect, to whose skill the citizens 
were indebted for whatever of excellence the building contained. 
Mr. Kerr declined to make a speech, preferring to let his work speak 
for liim. Hill Burgwin, Esq., then responded to the cordial welcome 
extended to the Councils on behalf of the City Hall Commission. 
He complimented them on the complete and satisfactory manner 
in which they had discharged their duties, and took special 
pleasure in asserting that they had overcome every difficulty, 
combated every prejudice, and lived down every calumny uttered 
touching the important trust which they held fi-om the people. 
He also made some pertinent allusions to the criticisms indulged in 
regarding the character, objects and aims of the gentlemen chosen 
to represent the citizens in the capacity of legislators. Whatever 



DEDICATORY CEREMONIES. 21 

cause there might have been for adverse criticisms in the past, he 
hoped there would be a " new departure," and conchided in these 
words : 

" Let us rise to a sense of our real duties, and the responsibilities 
which, in taking our oath of office, we have assumed. Let us so 
govern ourselves that no word of reproach can be justly attached to 
the name of a city councilman. We hnve been meeting at a place 
— ^the Market — where all the surroundings are of bargain and sale. 
Look to it, then, whatever may have been said of any of us, that for 
the future, none will dare assert that any member of the Pittsburgh 
Councils is still in the market. Let our course for the future cor- 
respond with the beauty and purity of our present surroundings. 
You, sir, Col. Phillips, with your associates on the Commission, have 
labored, and successfully, to furnish us with a casket worthy to 
contain the varied treasures of the city. Your ambition will, I 
know, be fully gratified. Youi- labors will be amply rewarded, it 
the jewels of municipal zeal, wisdom and integrity, of which this 
fair edifice is the outside setting, shall ever preserve their bright- 
ness, unsullied and undimmed, and shed a wide-extending lustre, 
worthy the workmanship which adorns and sets them off." 

At the conclusion of the speech, the members of Councils and 
others made a tour of inspection, under the direction of the 
architect, and all expressed the highest gratification at the manner 
in which the Commission had done their work. 

Thousands of citizens visited the hall during the day, and also 
in the evening, when it was brilliantly lighted up, the furni- 
ture and decoration then showing to better advantage than in the day- 
time. The Great Western Band executed a number of fine selec- 
tions during the evening, and the levee was kept up until a late 
hour. 



DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING. 



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ESCi\IPTION OF BuiLDING. 






The City Hall Building fronts on Smithfield street, near Fifth 
avenue, facing eastward. 

The excavations for the foundation walls were staked off on the 
26th of June, 1868; the first stone was laid on the 8th of August 
following, at the northeast corner of the tower ; and, on tlie 
5th of May, 1869, the " corner-stone" was laid, in the presence of 
the President and Secretary of the Building Commission, by the 
architect and workmen, at the ground-level and the northeast cor- 
ner of the tower ; all having been done MasonicaUy, " omitting the 
usual ceremonies." 

A leaden box was enclosed in the corner-stone, containing the 
following : 

1. Copies of Pittsburgh daily papers of May 5th, 1869. 

2. Copy of the City Code. 

3. Map of Pittsburgh, 1785. 

4. Map of Pittsburgh, 1869, showing Consolidated City. 

5. Report of Board of Trade, giving Statistics of the City of 
Pittsburgh. 

6. Paper containing names of all City Officials. 

7. Paper containing names of members of the Building Com- 
mission and the builders. 

8. Specimens of United States currency. 

The building has a frontage of one hundred and twenty (120) 
feet, and is one hundred and ten (110) feet deep from front to rear ; 
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26 THE CITY HALL. 

the walls of the body of the building are seventy-two (72) feet 
high above the pavement on the street, and the extreme hight of 
the tower and belfry is one hundred and seventy -five (175) feet. 
The first story is twenty (20) feet high, the second story twenty- 
five (25) feet, the third story twenty (20) feet, and the tower has 
two stories more of twenty-two (22) feet each — the attic story, over 
the body of the building, being fifteen (15) feet high, but the rear 
half of the building has an additional story, formed by dividing 
the second story into two, forming a mezzanine, or half story. A 
basement story, of twelve (12) feet, is made under the whole 
building, the walls of which are of stone, and sunk twenty (20) 
feet deep below the ground-line to a bed of hard gravel, which was 
grouted with liquid cement before building. 

The front of the building, all of the extra hight of the tower, 
along with all cornices and wall trimmings on the sides and rear of 
the building, are faced with stone work ; all other walls and in- 
side partitions are of brick work, the sides and rear of the exterior 
walls being faced with pressed brick between the stone trimmings. 
All stone for the work was selected with due care to durability, 
and is a pure sandstone, of the same character as that known by 
•the local name of " Freeport," which is found all through West- 
ern Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, being what geologists call 
" traveled rocks," and not natural to this region. Before adopting 
any stone, several specimens, from various quarries, were submitted 
to the examination of Otto Wuth, the well-known analytical chem- 
ist, who reported as follows on the stone used in the building: 
"The white sandstone is simply a conglomerate of quartz grains, 
cemented together by the silicate of lime and alumina, and is there- 
fore of the most indestructible character, and not subject to in- 
jurious action from frost and exposure to the vapors of manufactur- 
ing towns ; being composed of 



DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING. 27 

'^SilicaAcid ; 96.82 

Lime 1.35 

Magnesia 0.21 

Alumina 1,47 

Peroxide of Iron 0.15 

100.00 " 

The best building stone of England or Scotland-contains only 96 
per cent, of silicate. 

All floors of the building are constructed with wrought iron 
beams and brick arching, the public parts being paved with marble 
tile, the offices only having a floor of wood on the arches. The 
stairs are built of stone work up to the second floor, above which 
they are of wood. The roof and dome are constructed of wood, 
and covered with slate and tin roofing; but the belfry is built 
entirely of iron, from the walls of the tower to the finial. The 
building is heated by low steam from two boilers, placed in 
the basement, the steam never requiring to be higher than eight 
pounds in the coldest weather ; (fire-places have been provided in 
all of the private offices, but only to promote ventilation) ; the 
boilers ai-e each eighteen (18) feet long, by forty-six (46) inches in 
diameter, and have thirty-five (35) four-inch tubes to each, for a 
return draft of the fire — from these boilers steam pipes lead to all 
parts of the building, and connect with radiators or heaters placed 
in the various rooms and halls ; the condensed steam being re- 
turned to the boilers by another line of pipes, to be re-heated and 
sent back again. 

Two ventilating stacks, each seven (7) feet square, are formed by 
the interior walls of the building, and carried up from the base- 
ment to twenty (20) feet above the highest point of the roof; these 
stacks are connected with all parts of the building by flues 
formed in the partition walls, and the stacks being heated during 



28 THE CITY HALL. 

winter by the smoke-pipes of the boilers, which are carried up in- 
side the sta,cks, and steam coils at the base, and in summer by 
stoves; the whole building is thus ventilated. Water closets are 
provided on each floor, and these being placed adjoining these 
stacks, all oifensive odors are carried ofi" wh£.n the stacks are 
kept heated. 

The main entrance to the building is through the arcade, which 
is sixteen (16) feet wide by thirty-four (34) feet long, having three 
openings in front, of six (6) feet wide each ; on the right from the 
arcade is the entrance door to the Mayor's offices, and on the left 
that to the Treasurer's ; in the centre is the main doorway, opening 
into a vestibule twelve (12) feet by sixteen (16) feet, leading into 
the central hall, which is thirty-seven (37) feet square, and commu- 
nicates with every room in the building, being open from the first 
floor to the roof, ninety-six (96) feet high, having galleries seven (7) 
feet wide on all four sides to each floor above the first, and a sky- 
light twenty (20) feet square in the roof, which lights up the whole 
interior. The gallery to the second floor is supported from the 
first floor by twelve Ionic columns, of eighteen (18) inches in 
diameter, and a full entablature ; the galleries to the upper floors are 
supported on wrought iron beams, and each gallery is finished with 
cornices and balustrades, the whole being constructed of iron, and 
the floors formed of brick arching, covered with marble tiles. 

Opposite to the main entrance, and immediately in the rear of 
the central hall, is the stairway, twenty (20) feet wide, having a 
central flight of eight (8) feet, and two side flights of five (5) feet 
■wide each, leading to the attic story ; at the top of the first flight, in 
the rear wall, are placed three windows of three (3) feet wide by 
eight (8) feet high each, which are filled with embossed glass, hav- 
ing designs illustrative of the history and sources of wealth of Pitts- 
burgh ; in the middle window is a representation of the city seal, 




THE OLD REDOUBT, AS APPEARING AND ENGRAVED IN 1832. 



30 THE CITY HALL. 

which is founded on the coat-of-arms of the Pitt family, of England, 
the head of which was the fast friend of our country in 1776, and 
from whom comes the name of our city; above the city seal is a repre- 
sentation of the " old redoubt," which was a part of old " Fort Pitt," 
and is still to be seen, as a dwelling-house, near to the foot of 
Penn avenue. Beneath this window is inserted the original 
stone tablet, which was taken out of the walls of the old redoubt, 
and built into the wall here for preservation, to show that 
Pittsburgh has a history. The stone bears the rude inscription : 

**§,, §, i764:.»— Ml g(Jtt(jttet/' 

And is, no doubt, the first stone that was "quarried and cut" west 
of the Alleghenies, and is of the same character of stone of 
which the Hall has been built. As the old tablet showed no signs 
of decay, after an exposure of one hundred and six years to a 
Pittsburgh atmosphere, we may safely conclude that the stone work 
of our Municipal Hall will outlast the wants of several generations, 
if the demands of modern progress will allow it. 

The interior arrangements of the building, as well as the exterior 
style of it, being accurately shown by the accompanying diagrams, 
which are copied from the original plans, reference is made to them 
for all further information as to the number and size of the offices 
and rooms. It only remains to add that the whole work 
has been designed and executed by Pittsburghers. 



DiRECToi^Y OF Offices. 

FiEST Floor: 

Mayor. Controller. 

Treasurer. City Engineer. 

Second Floob: 

Council Chambers. Board of Health. 

City Attorney. Board of Viewers. 

City Clerks. Water Assessor. 

Mezzanine Floor: 

Street Commissioners. Building Inspector. 

Council Messenger. 

Third Floor: 

Board of Fire Commissioners. 
Board of City Assessments. 
Office "Water Extension Committee. 
Mechanical and Civil Engineers New 

Water Works. 
Draughting Rooms. 

Fourth Floor: 
Fire Alarm Telegraph. 



THE TUKRET CLOCK, 



The Tui\i\et Clock. 



The turret clock of the City Hall is the medium by which the 
time is supplied to the city of Pittsburgh, from the Observatory in 
Allegheny. As the arrangements for doing this are, in some degree, 
peculiar to Pittsburgh, which is as yet in advance of most Ameri- 
can cities in its provision for the ready distribution of the exact 
time to all within its limits, some account of the considerations 
which led to the city's action, and the system adopted to give it 
effect, will be in place. 

The amount of time wasted by the discrepancies of clocks and 
watches, and which is indirectly felt, by each individual, in appoint- 
ments missed, or time lost needlessly in waiting, is, in the aggre- 
gate, very considerable, sufficiently so to make it a public conve- 
nience to have a simple and universally accessible means of uniting 
every watch and clock in the community on the same hour and 
minute. 

The source of all time is the observation of the heavenly bodies^ 
and an observatory, where one exists, is the natural means of ob- 
taining it at first hand. 

The Commissioners of the new City Hall, and a number of mem- 
bers of Councils, having visited the Allegheny Observatory, and 
found there an extended system of time distribution already organ- 
ized for the use of railroads and others, it was proposed to the 
Director of the Observatory, Prof. S. P. Langley, to supervise and 



36 THE CITY HALL. 

arrange a system for supplying time to Pittsburgh, in such a man- 
ner that every citizen could enjoy the use of it, and all the affairs 
of its large business community be regulated by a single accurate 
standard. 

The personal examination of the systems employed in Great 
Britain having led him to desire to introduce one in Pittsburgh, 
which might inaugurate in this country the use of the most bene- 
ficial features to be found elsewhere, with some contemplated im- 
provements, he was requested by the Commissioners to devise the 
arrangements he deemed most suitable, to superintend their 
execution, and finally, on the part of the Observatory, to assume 
the responsibility of their direction and maintenance, so far as was 
necessary, for the purposes of a constant regulation connection from 
the Observatory's standard mean time clock of the public time. 
They have accordingly addressed themselves to him for this de- 
scription of the means employed, and their practical working. 

The ultimate standard of time, by which all regulators are set, 
being the motion of the heavenly bodies, and no time-keeper hav- 
ing any power to keep itself right — the best clock will go wrong 
without constant supervision, and the best time is that which is 
most frequently regulated by the stars. Two things are chiefly de- 
sirable : A general access of the public to one common standard, 
and the exact truth of that standard. The consideration of unity 
is here placed even before that of accuracy, and it is, in fact, not 
hard to see that if every clock and watch in the community were 
agreed in being wrong by exactly the same amount, little prac- 
tical inconvenience would be felt. It is, however, believed that, in 
the Pittsburgh system, unity and accuracy are equally attained. It 
is well known that the sun can be made to announce his own pas- 
sage across the meridian by a burning lens placed so that the solar 
rays falling on it at noon shall ignite a fuse at their focus, and fire 



THE TUEEET CLOCK, 37 

a gun ; and to improve on this rude contrivance, so that at the in- 
stant the " mean " sun crosses the meridian, a signal may announce 
to every one that it is exactly twelve o'clock — more exactly than 
if the sun itself gave the signal — is the object of all contrivances 
like those now described. 

This preface must explain the need of at least a brief description 
of the instruments of record at the Observatory, which are in place 
in a description of the turret clock of the City Hall, since they are 
in permanent metallic connection with it, and both are but parts of 
the same complete apparatus. 



Correct Time — How Obtained. 

At the Observatory, then, is a very massively-mounted telescope, 
so built in between piers of stone that it cannot be turned out of 
the meridian, and so powerful that the principal stars are visible 
through it by day as well as by night. 

The principal use of this is, by suitable observation and calcula- 
tion, to regulate two extremely exact astronomical clocks beside it, 
with only one of which, however, we are immediately concerned. 

This one has a dial divided into twenty -four hours, on which an 
hour, minute, and second-hand unite, every day, in indicating the in- 
stant of exact noon ; the hands keeping precise time with the revolu- 
tion of the "mean sun," and being evidently capable, by suitable me- 
chanical devices, of giving an audible signal at this moment, more 
exactly and better than the sun itself. Electricity is called in to 
do this, and by means which, though altogether too elaborate for 
minute description in this place, are yet very simple and intelligi- 
ble in principle. Two wires are led separately from a battery in 



38 THE CITY HALL. 

the City Hall to the Observatory, where they join, and when the 
ends of these wires are separated in Allegheny, a click will be heard 
on a "sounder " in the fire-alarm rooms in Municipal Hall b}^ the 
ordinaiy operation of the electric cuiTcnt. 

The two wires end in two delicate springs in the clock, both 
tipped with gold, which rest lightly on one another, but can be 
separated by the least touch. Close by is a jewel, which, when 
struck by a passing tooth in a wheel attached to the second-hand 
of the clock described, will brush lightly against one of the gold 
terminals of the wires, lifting it from the other by a space, which, 
though invisible to the eye, is enough to break the circuit, and 
cause the sound in the distant room of the City Hall. 

It is evident that if there are sixty teeth in the wheel, sixty such 
actions will be repeated in each minute, and sixty ticks heard in 
the City Hall ; where the effect will be the same as thougli the Ob- 
servatory clock were heard du-ectly in every second it beat. Further, 
it will be plain that if the sixtieth tooth of the wheel is filed away, 
that at the sixtieth second of the minute the wire-terminals will 
not be lifted, and that the absence of a corresponding sound will 
point out the particular beat which follows as the first second of the 
minute, while similar contrivances, not necessary to explain, point 
out the iirst minute of the hour. The effect will be, on the whole, 
to a person in the City Hall, as though the Observatory standard 
clock were actually beside him, audibly marking each hour, minute 
and second, from noon to noon, with astronomical precision. 

The exact time has now reached the City Hall — it remains to 
cause it to be audible to the whole city. 

There would be no difficulty in causing these beats to be repeated 
so loud that every one could hear them, but, evidently, this would 
be a public annoyance. There is, in the cupola of the City Hall, an 
alarm bell, and very elaborate mechanism for ringing it, which is 



THE TURRET CLOCK. 39 

elsewhere described, and which existed before any of the arrange- 
ments now mentioned were perfected. 

To take advantage of this, which was just what was wanted, to 
make the Observatory signal audible, the Director was requested to 
provide with the makers for special electric attachments in the new 
turret clock. This fine instrument, built by the Messrs. Howard, 
of Boston, is, in the first place, an excellent time-keeper by itself, 
and being driven by weights in the ordinary manner, is as inde- 
pendent of electric connection as any clock can be, and would con- 
tinue to go, and to move the hands on the four transparent dials, 
if every wire connecting it with the Observatory were removed. 
"Whenever communication with the Observatory is accidentally 
interrupted, the turret clock does not stop, but simply loses, tem- 
porarily, the advantage it has over other clocks, of not going wrong 
while in such connection. This is a feature whose value, or rather 
whose necessity, the practical electrician can best appreciate. 

The clock has a " gravity" escapement, somewhat like that in the 
clock of the Victoria Tower of the new Houses of Parliament ; in 
both cases the alternate blows of small hammers, weighing but a 
few ounces, and falling but a part of an inch, keeping in motion the 
heavy pendulum, 'which is here provided also with a compensation 
for temperature, unusual in instruments of this size. The electric 
attachments to this clock are of the most complete description, and 
worthy the attention of any one interested in such matters. They 
were executed, also, by Messrs. Howard, through Mr. S. Hamblet, as 
electrician, the latter gentleman having skillfully embodied in them 
the wishes of the Director, and the results of his own practical 
information. 

So much space has been already occupied in this descrip- 
tion that there is not room to mention the contrivances by 
which the turret clock can be caused to beat in perfect unison with 



40 THE CITY HALL. 

that at the Observatory, or to be, if necessary, controlled and caused 
to go faster or slower by a person at that distance, or, finally, to 
report itself to the Observatory, and automatically to send notice of 
its being in error to the extent of less than a second. 

It is sufficient to say, that the turret clock is kept in such close 
accordance with the Observatory standard, that they may be consid- 
ered, for practical purposes, as operating like one piece of mechan- 
ism. As the hour of noon approaches, a detent is seen to move in 
the clock and bring within reach of a lever attached to a wheel, 
revolving once a minute, the terminals of two wires, like those 
already described, but which in this case communicate with a pow- 
erful electro-magnet in the belfry. The ends of the wires still re- 
main separated by a scarcely visible interval, until after the clock has 
entered on the last minute preceding noon. Then, with each succes- 
sive beat of the clock, the lever is seen to move nearer to the wires, 
finally reaching up to, and pushing them together, coincidently with 
that beat of the pendulum which coincides with the exact second 
of mean noon. A flash shows the passage of the electric spark at 
their contact, the electro-magnet operates, attracting a piece of iron, 
which, by its motion, i-eleases a detent, communicating with the 
weight of 4,000 pounds, which moves the hammer of the bell; and, 
simultaneously with the jar of the whole tower from the fall of the 
weight, the sound is sent out to the city, through nearly the farthest 
limits of which this single stroke is audible. For the greater con- 
venience of the public, the stroke is repeated at three in the after- 
noon, and at every third hour through the day and night. 

There is, among other electric attachments of the turret clock, 
one which will put any distant pendulum of a clock, connected 
with it by wire, under control of its own, so that the two swing to- 
gether as though united by a rigid bar. This enables the tiu-ret 
clock to become, in its turn, a sort of prime motor, controlling any 



THE TURRET CLOCK. 41 

or all clocks, If desired, in distant police stations, or other city 
offices, so that all move in exact time with the standard. This 
latter mechanism stands always ready, but has not yet been intro- 
duced into general use, perhaps because the bell does its work so 
efifectually as to leave little more to be desired. 

How general the public appreciation of the convenience and 
utility of the system is, the universal comparison of watches at the 
stroke of noon declares. This, ordinarily, causes a movement so 
general and simultaneous throughout the city, as to amuse a stran- 
ger to the cause, but as comparatively few who profit by it, are 
aware of the means to which it is due, or of the care of the Com- 
missioners of the new City Hall in this provision for the public 
convenience, it is presumed that this brief account of the devices 
used, though necessarily imperfect, may possess some interest. 

During nearly two years that the system has been in operation, 
it is not remembered that there has been any interruption from the 
failure of the electric mechanism, and, next to the judicious and 
complete provision of the necessary means by the Commissioners, 
the generally satisfactory result is largely due, it is fair to state, to 
the intelligent supervision of the apparatus in the tower, and 
the assistants in the Fire-alarm department, who have had it in 
immediate charge. 

The utility of the system, it is hoped, will more than justify the 
introduction by the Commissioners of a public convenience, which 
has now taken its place among public necessities, since it is one 
which, once tried, it is very safe to say the public could not now do 
without. 



THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 



AND 



ALARM TELEGRAPH. 



The -Fire Department. 

The two rooms immediately over the Reception Room, and of 
the same size, one on the third and the other on the fourth floor, 
were set apart for the use of the Fire Department and the Alarm- 
telegraph connected therewith ; all under the control and manage- 
ment of a Board of Commissioners, consisting of nine members. 
The rooms were taken possession of in the Spring of 1872. That 
on the third floor is furnished for the use of the Board as an office 
and a place of meeting. It also serves as offices for the Chief 
Engineer and his assistant, and the Secretary of the Board. All 
the accounts of the Department are kept here, together with the 
various records required. At present the Department consists of ten 
Steam-engine Companies, three Hook and Ladder Companies, one 
Hose Company, and, with the Chief and Assistant Engineers, there 
are one hundred and three active firemen employed. The appa- 
ratus consists often steam fire engines, with as many hose carriages 
connected therewith, a two-horse hose carriage to provide extra 
hose when necessary, and three Hook and Ladder Companies. 
With each engine company there is a foreman, an engineer, fireman, 
driver, and four hosemen. With the largest Hook and Ladder 
Truck there is a foreman, driver, tillerman, and three laddermen. 
The other ladder trucks are in charge of five men. The independ- 
ent Hose Company comprises a foreman, driver, and two hosemen. 

The class of engines in use are six second-class, and four third- 
class, all of the Amoskeag Company's make. A third-class engine 



46 THE CITY HALL. 

has recently been received, preparatory to the establishment of an 
additional engine company in the extreme west end of the city — 
the Thirty-sixth ward. In all business with the office of the De- 
partment, the foremen represent the companies. Requisitions for 
supplies are made monthly to the Chief Engineer, and orders on 
the store-house are issued by him. A monthly time-sheet, properly 
probated before the City Controller, is presented to the Secretary 
by the foreman of each company, and warrants are issued, signed 
by the President of the Commission, and countersigned by the 
City Controller. 

The Board of Commissioners are divided into four monthly 
committees, of two each, and these committees inspect the compa- 
nies, apparatus, &c., and attend to wants of the Department, 
alternately, from month to month. There are also standing com- 
mittees on Finance, and Building, and Real Estate, in which 
connection, it is proper to state, that the Department has no rents to 
pay, all of the twelve buildings, including the store-house, occupied, 
being the property of the city. An additional building is under 
conti'act for the new company yet to be organized. 



Fire-alarm Telegraph. 

The room on the fourth floor is occupied entirely by the Fire- 
alarm Telegraph, in which branch is employed one Superintendent 
of Telegraph, three operators, and one repairman. The apparatus 
for receiving and transmitting alarms is most complete, and 
believed to be as good as any in the country, and has been notice- 
ably successful for the purposes intended. The machinery was 
manufactured by the American Fire-alarm Telegraph Company, 



THE FIEE DEPARTMENT. 47 

and consists of eight signal bellsj eight relay magnets, and two five- 
pen registers for receiving alarms. For transmitting the alarms to 
the various engine-houses, there are six relay magnets, six sounders, 
and a three- dial repeater, by means of which the number of the 
signal box from which an alarm has been received, is accurately 
and promptly repeated on the engine-house gongs, and at the same 
time struck upon the City Hall bell, for the benefit of the public. 

Every third hour of the twenty-four, viz.: at three, six, nine, and 
twelve o'clock, is noted by a stroke upon the City Hall bell, and 
upon four other public bells located in different parts of the city, as 
follows: at Lawrence School House, Seventeenth Ward; Pres- 
byterian Church, East End, Twentieth Ward; Hazlewood School 
House, Twenty-third Ward, and Engine House, Twenty-sixth 
Ward. Arrangements for this public convenience in different 
parts of the city were provided by the Board of Fire Commission- 
ers, and are supervised by the officers of the Alarm-telegraph 
Department. 

There are now (1874,) one hundred and twelve miles of wire, one 
hundred and fifteen alarm-boxes, fourteen engine-house gongs, and 
four bell-strikers in use in the consolidated city. To operate the 
machinery three hundred and twenty cells of Callaud battery 
are used. The lines are divided into eight signal, and six alarm 
circuits. In the lower or more thickly populated and business 
portions of the city, three engine companies, with their hose car- 
riages, the extra hose carriage, and a hook and ladder company, 
answer the first alarm. In other portions of the city two com- 
panies only answer. In case the Chief Engineer or assistant 
find additional aid required at a fire, their signal to that effect 
calls other companies. 



Statement of Disbursements 

BY THE 

COMMISSION 



FOR THE 



pRECTION OF A ClTY W 



ITY t^ALL, 
PITTSBURGH, 



For public Information the Commission herewith give a detailed 
statement of the expenditures made by them in behalf of their trust. 
No payment has been made except by warrant drawn upon the 
City Treasurer, who was the custodian of the funds ; and these 
warrants required, before payment, the endorsement of the person 
to whom issued. In the statement is given the consecutive num- 
bers of the warrants, the date of Issue, the name of the party to 
whom Issued, the account for which drawn, and the amount. Be- 
sides the expenditures proper, for the building, it also Includes the 
cost of maintenance for a period of more than four years, such as 
salaries of day and night watchmen, janitors, for cleaning, repairs, 
etc. A recapitulation of the expenditures, under the various heads, 
is also given, together with a statement of the actual cost of con- 
struction. This is followed by a schedule of the rate of special tax 
levied for the several years for the building, the aggregate amount 
of money received therefrom, and a statement of the receipts and 
expenditures to July 31st, 1874, as shown by the books of the 
City Treasurer. The proceeds of the temporary loans having been 
paid Into the City Treasury, and drawn therefrom on checks, as the 
other funds, require the deduction of the amount from the gross 
footing of the detailed statement, to show the actual total expendi- 
tures. 



Expenditures Tn pEXAiL. 



No. 



Date. 

1867. 



l,Aug. 10, 



2, 
3, 
4 
5 
6, 
7, 
8, 

9, 
10, 
11! 
12, 



In Whose Favor Drawn. 



13 
14 
15 
16, 

17, 
18 

19; 
20, 
21, 
22, 
23. 
24; 
25, 
26, 
27 
28, 
29, 
SC- 
SI 
32, 
33, 
34 
35, 
36 
37. 



do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Dec. 17 

do 

1868. 

July 11, 

July 25, 

July 29, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



Lyon, Short & Co 

Daily Gazette 

Evening Chronicle 

Daily Dispatch 

Daily Commercial 

Daily Bepublic 

Act of Assembly 

W. G. Johnston & Co. 
Pittsburgh Post 

do Leader 

do Gazette 

Mortgage Stamp 



On What Account. 



Amount. 



Purchase of Lot 

Publishing Act of Assembly, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

Act creating Commission 

Printing Check Book, &c... 
Publishing Act of Assembly, 

do 

Duplicate No. 2, original lost, 
Lyon, Shorb & Co 



Aug. 1 
Aug. 8 
Aug. 22, 
Sept. 15, 
Sept. 19, 
Oct. 6, 

do 

do 
Oct. 19, 
Oct. 31, 
Nov. 14, 
Dec. 1 

do 
Dec. 24, 
Dec. 31 



Patrick Bradley 

do ........ 

Neeb, Bauer & Co 

Daily Mail 

Commercial 

Pittsburgh Leader 

do Chronicle 

do Dispatch.. 

do Gazette... 

J. W. Kerr 

Lyon, Shorb & Co.... 
P. Bradley 

do 

Henderson, Mackin & Co 
Patrick Bradley.. . 

J. W. Kerr , 

P. Kincella 

Henderson, Mackin & Co 

P. Bradley 

Henderson, Mackin & Co 

P. Bradley 

Henderson, M. & Co 

Thomas Connors 

P. Bradley 

Henderson, M. & Co. 



Excavation 

do 

Advertising for Proposals., 

do 

do 

-do 

do 

do 

do 

Architect 

Payment on Lot 

Excavation 

do 

Stone "Work 

Excavation ■ 

Architect 

Labor (35J days,; 

Building Foundation , 

Excavation 

Stone Work 

Excavation 

Stone Work 

Labor ■ 

Excavation 

Stone "Work ■ 



45,000 00 
51 40 
51 60 
58 00 
22 00 
54 40 
50 00 
16 80 
50 00 
24 00 

57 00 

336 00 

400 00 

22 87 

13 00 

10 00 

12 00 

18 60 

32 30 

8 80 

500 00 

30,000 00 

372 00 

200 00 

6,194 00 

200 00 

500 00 

71 00 

2,097 00 

108 00 

6,634 00 

116 00 

5,716 00 

84 88 

630 50 

2,341 00 



54 



THE CITY HALL. 



No. 



39 

40 

41 

42, 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48: 

49 

50 

51 

52, 

53 

54. 

55 

56 

57 

58. 

59 

60 

61 

62 

63 

64 

65 

66 

67 

68 

69 

70 

71 

72, 

73 

74 

75 

76 

77 

78 

79 

80 

81 

82 

83 

84, 

85. 

86 

87, 

88 

89: 



Date. 



In Whose Favor Drawn. 



On What Account. 



Feb. 15, W. J. Anderson & Co... 
Mar. 5, A. A. Anderson & Sons, 

do Evening Chronicle 

do Commercial 

do .Mail 

do Post 

Mar. 10, Jos. Hastings 

do Pittsburgh Leader 

Mar. 29,J. W. Kerr 

do Daily Republic 

Apr. 2, Henderson, M. «& Co 

Apr. 10, Pittsburgh Dispatch 

do do Post 

do do Gazette 

May 1, Henderson, M. & Co 

May 6, [Ferguson & Beck 

do IP. Bradley 

do I Union Iron Mills 

June 8, James Todd 

do E. Ecker & Sons 

do J. C. Schultz 

do C. Ferguson 

July 8, Henderson, M. & Co.... 

do James Todd 

do E. Ecker & Sons 

do J. W. Kerr 

do E. Ecker & Sons 

do Otto Wuth 

Aug. 4, James Todd 

do Charles Ferguson 

do Stark, McMahon & Co. 

do E. Ecker & Sons. 

do do 

do Henderson, M. & Co 

Aug. 13, Burke & Barnes 

Aug. 20,i do 

Sept. 7,'Stark, McMahon & Co.- 

do James Todd 

do E. Ecker & Sons 

do do 

do J. 0. Schultz 

do Henderson,Mackin & Co. 
Oct. 5, James Todd 

do Henry Evans 

do Henderson, M. & Co. 

do Charles Ferguson 

do Bingham & Laing 

do H. Gerwig & Co 

do E. Ecker & Sons .... 

do do 

Oct. 15, J. W. Kerr 

do :B. Ecker & Sons 



Iron Gratings, &c 

Printing Plans, &c 

Advertising 

do 

do 

do 

Excavation 

Advertising 

Architect 

Advertising 

Stone Work 

Advertising 

do 

do 

Stone "Work 

Lumber, Labor, &c 

Excavation 

Supports for Smoke Flues.. 

N"ight Watchman 

Laying Brick 

Iron Work 

Carpenter Work 

Stone Work 

Night Watchman 

Brick Laying 

Architect 

Brick .' 

Analyzing Stone 

Watchman 

Carpenter Work 

Hoisting Engine 

Brick Laying 

Brick 

Stone Work 

Locks on Vaults 

do 

Hoisting Engine 

Night Watchman 

Brick Laying 

Brick 

Iron Girders, &c 

Stone Work 

Watchman 

Engineer 

Stone Work 

Carpenter Work 

Anthracite Coal 

Rope 

Brick Laying 

Brick 

Architect 

Brick 



Amount. 


$ 480 43 


51 50 


10 00 


10 00 


10 00 


10 00 


12 50 


6 00 


500 00 


10 00 


2,060 00 


10 00 


10 00 


10 00 


9,374 15 


206 55 


19 60 


16 88 


54 00 


1,106 60 


7,416 25 


569 25 


9,175 00 


48 00 


1,964 00 


1,000 00 


2,455 00 


50 00 


72 00 


480 00 


1,280 00 


2.489 00 


2,021 00 


9,294 00 


1,200 00 


550 00 


820 00 


62 00 


1,530 50 


1,252 00 


10,8-15 00 


15,340 00 


60 00 


42 00 


10,436 00 


1,018 00 


42 68 


35 72 


1,663 00 


1,162 00 


500 00 


166 00 



EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL. 



55 



No. 

90, 
91, 
92, 
93 
94, 
95, 
96. 
97, 
98, 
99, 
100. 

101 ; 

102, 
103, 
104, 
105, 
106! 
107, 
108, 

109, 

110, 

111, 

112, 

113, 

114, 

115, 

116, 

117 

118 

119, 

120, 

121 

122, 

123, 

124: 

125, 

126, 

127, 

128 

129, 

130 

131, 

132, 

133, 

134, 

135 

136 

137: 

138, 

139, 

140, 



Date. 



In Whose Favor Drawn. 



Oct. 

do 
Nov. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Dec. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Dec. 17, 

1870. 
.Jan. 5, James Todd 

do j Henry Evans 
Feb. 8,' James Todd ., 



23 



On What Account. 



Logan, Gregg & Co.. 

Marshall Bros 

Henderson, M. & Co 
Ecker & Sons 

do 

do 

J. C. Scbultz 

James Todd 

Henry Evans 

8,'james Todd 

Henry Evans 

Henderson, M. & Co. 

J. C. Schultz 

E. Ecker & Sons 

do 

do 
J. W. Kerr 

do 

Mary A. Ferguson, Ad'x 



Hardware.. 

Iron Work 

Stone Work 

Brick Laying 

Brick 

do 

Iron Work 

Night Watchman.... 

Engineer 

Watchman 

Engineer 

Stone Work 

Iron Work 

Brick Laying 

Brick 

do 

Architect 

Sundry Small Items. 
Carpenter Work ..... 



do 
March 3, 

do 
March 9, 
Mar. 12, 
April 4, 

do 

do 



Henry Evans 

Iron City Bank.. 

J. M. Brush , 

Henry Evans 

James Todd 

J. 0. Schultz , 

Henry Evans 

James Todd 



April 14, J. C. Schultz.. 
Henry Evans., 
James Todd.... 
Henry Evans., 
.lames Todd.... 



May 2, 

do 
June 8 

do 
June 11 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
July 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



1, 



Watchman , 

Day Watchman. 
Night do 
Day do 

Discount 

do 

Day Watchman.. 
Night do 

Iron Work 

Day Watchman.. 
Night do 

Iron 

Day Watchman.. 
Night do 
Day do 

Night do 



Henderson, M. & Co Stone Work. 



Ecker & Sons- 
do 
do 



Brick Laying., 

Brick 

do 



Mary A. Ferguson, Ad'x Carpenter Work, 



J. C. Schnltz 

Henry Gerwig 

Fulton, Bollman & Co.. 
J. W. Kerr 

Lyon, Shorb & Co 

Henderson,Maokin & Co 
Ecker & Sons 
do . 



Iron Work 

Rope 

do , 

Architect 

Lot Payment and Int. on Lot, 

Stone Work 

Brick do 

Brick 



Adms.C.Ferguson.dec'd 

J. C. Schultz 

Safe Deposit Co 



Carpenter Work., 

Iron Work 

Drainpipes 



Amount. 



J 12 40 

60 75 

11,743 00 

2,010 00 

468 00 

1,138 00 

2,727 00 

62 00 

56 00 

60 00 

60 00 

14,063 00 

3,324 00 

1,492 00 

1,001 00 

225 00 

500 00 

19 75 

291 00 

62 00 

62 00 

62 00 

62 00 

232 75 

221 66 

56 00 

56 00 

5,000 00 

62 00 

62 00 

2,500 00 

60 00 

60 00 

62 00 

62 00 

16,896 00 

2,577 00 

1,587 00 

493 00 

1,020 00 

8,101 25 

19 50 

35 25 

500 00 

34,228 75 

10,080 00 

2,586 00 

2,086 00 

412 00 

2,227 00 

245 61 



THE CITY HALL. 



No. 


Date. 
1870. 


141, 


July 1 


142, 


do 


143, 


do 


144, 


July 6 


145, 


do 


14fi, 


do 


147, 


July 15, 


148, 


July 29, 


149, 


Aug. 2 


150, 


do 


151, 


do 


152, 


do 


153, 


do 


154, 


do 


155, 


do 


156, 


do 


157, 


do 


158, 


do 


159, 


Sept. 5, 


160, 


do 


161, 


do 


162, 


do 


163, 


Oct. 5, 


164, 


do 


165, 


do 


166, 


do 


167, 


do 


168, 


do 


169, 


Nov. 8, 


170, 


do 


171, 


do 


172, 


Dec. 6, 


173, 


do 


174, 


do 


175, 


do 


176, 


do 


177, 


do 


178, 


do 


179, 


do 


180, 


do 


181, 


do 


182, 


do 




1871. 


183, 


Jan. 5, 


184, 


do 


185, 


do 


186, 


do 


187, 


do 


188; 


do 


189, 


do 


190, 


do 


191, 


Feb. 1, 



In Whose Favor Drawn, 



Moore & Pollock 

James Todd 

Henry Evans 

Loans, March 3, 1870.. 
do 

Bond Stamps 

Burke & Barnes , 

Loan of Dec. 9, 1869 

Henderson, M. & Co 

Ecker & Sons , 

J. C. Schultz 

Estate of C. Ferguson.. 

Pittsburgh Gas Co 

Fulton, BoUman & Co.. 
A. Fulton's Son & Co.., 

J. W.Kerr 

James Todd 

Henry Evans 

Ferguson Estate 

James Todd 

Henry Evans 

J. G. Schultz 

H. Evans 

Jas. Todd 

J. W. Kerr 

J.C. Schultz 

Fulton, Bollman & Co... 
A. Fulton's Son &Co.... 
Ad'x C. Ferguson, dec'd 

James Todd 

Henry Evans 

James Todd 

Henry Evans 

Adm'x C. Ferguson 

J. C. Schultz 

Anderson & Co 

Kim & Schwartz 

Aiken & Co 

Henderson, Mackin & Co 
Adm'x C. Ferguson... 

J. C. Schultz 

Ecker & Sons 



On What Account. 



do 



C. Ferguson, deceased... 

Henderson, M. & Co 

James Todd 

Henry Evans 

J. C. Schultz 

Marshall Bros 

W. G. Johnston & Co... 
A. J. Cochran, Treas... 



Painting , 

Night "Watchman 

Engineer 

Temporary Loans 

do 

Stamps for Bonds , 

Vaults, Locks and Safes.. 

Temporary Loans 

Stone Work 

Brick do 

Iron do 

Carpenter Work 

Coke 

Rope 

Brass Work 

Architect 

Night Watchman 

Engineer , 

Carpenter Work 

Night Watchman 

Engineer ., 

Iron Work , 

Engineer 

Night Watchman 

Architect 

Iron Work 

Rope 

Brass Work 

Carpenter Work.., 

Night Watchman 

Engineer 

Night Watchman 

Engineer 

Carpenter Work 

Iron Work 

do 

Tin Roofing 

Slate do 

Stone Work 

Carpenter Work 

Iron Work 

Brick Work 

do 

Carpenter Work 

Stone Work 

Night Watchman 

Engineer 

Iron Work _... 

Iron 

Printing 

Semi-Annnal Interest 



Amount. 

$ 14 95 

60 00 

60 00 

9,500 00 

9,500 00 

100 00 

2,000 00 

21,000 00 

17,760 00 

1,536 00 

8,266 00 

240 00 

110 60 

26 10 

78 21 

500 00 

62 00 

62 00 

298 00 

62 00 

62 00 

1,348 00 

60 00 

60 00 

500 00 

2,317 00 

25 42 

15 90 

1,448 00 

62 00 

62 00 

60 00 

60 00 
815 00 

4,041 00 

2,500 00 

1,200 00 

500 00 

41,000 00 
2,000 00 
5,000 00 

10,000 00 

2,000 00 

694 00 

10,000 00 

62 00 

62 00 

6,446 69 

61 70 
22 00 

9,334 00 



EXPBNDITTJRES IN DETAIL. 



57 



No. 

192 

193, 

194, 

195, 

196, 

197, 

198, 

199, 

200, 

201, 

202, 

203, 

204, 

205, 

206, 

207, 

208, 

209, 

210, 

211, 

212, 

213, 

214, 

215, 

216, 

217, 

218 

219, 

220, 

221, 

222, 

223, 

224, 

225, 

226, 

227, 

228, 

229, 

230, 

231 

232 

233, 

234, 

235, 

236, 

237. 

238 

239 

240 

241, 

242, 

243, 

244, 



Date. 

1871. 



Feb. 7, 

do 

do 

do 
■ do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Mar. 8, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Mar. 11, 
Mar. 18, 

do 
April 5, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
May 5, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
June 10, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
June 28, 
July 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

8 



In Whose Favor Drawn. 



On What Account. 



J. "W. Kerr 

Henderson, Mackin & Co 

Ecker & Sons , 

do 

Ferguson Estate.... 

Boyd & Son 

William Burke 

M. A. Jones 

Henry Evans 

Stafford Todd 

Ecker & Sons 

Pittsb'gh Commercial... 
do Gazette,... 
do Chronicle, 

Express Co 

Ecker &, Sons 

do 

Ferguson Estate. «... 

D. B. Morris 

Boyd & Son , 

Henry Evans 

Stafford Todd 

Pittsburgh Leader. .. 
do Gazette., 
do Commercial, 
do Leader- 
Henry Evans 

Stafford Todd 

Boyd & Son 

D. B. Morris 

Pittsburgh Gas Co. 

J.W. Kerr 

Estate C.Eerguson.decd 
Henry Evans 

E. S. Magee, 

Stafford Todd 

D. B. Morris 

Boyd & Son 

A. Fulton's Son & Co... 
Pittsburgh Commercial 

D. B. Morris , 

Boyd &Son 

Weldon & Kelly 

Stafford Todd. 

E. S. Magee , 

Henderson, M. & Co... 

J. M. Brush , 

D. B. Morris , 

Boyd &Son 

Jarvis, Halpin & Co 

Bassett& Brown 

J. C. Schultz 

J.W. Kerr 



J. W. Kerr, Architect 

Stone Work 

Brick Work .-... 

Brick 

Carpenter Work 

do 

Painting 

Oil, &c.... 

Engineer 

Night Watchman 

Brick Work 

Advertising 

do 

do 

Transporting Bonds East.. 

Brick Laying , 

Brick 

Carpenter Work 

Plastering 

Carpenter Work 

Engineer 

Night Watchman 

Advertising 

do 

do 

do 

Engineer 

Night Watchman 

Carpenter Work 

Plastering 

Coke 

Architect 

Carpenter Work 

Engineer 

Day Watchman 

Night do 

Plastering 

Carpenter Work 

Castings , .. 

Advertising 

Plastering 

Carpenter Work 

Plumbing 

Night Watchman 

Day do 

Stone Work 

Sundry Expenses 

Plastering 

Carpenter Work 

Plumbing 

Painting 

Iron Work 

Architect 



$1,000 00 

9,000 00 

396 00 

324 00 

535 00 

1,200 00 

56 00 

12 15 

62 00 

62 00 

1,280 00 

6 80 

5 20 

6 00 
18 00 

704 00 

576 00 

240 00 

792 00 

880 00 

56 00 

66 00 

4 00 

6 00 

3 40 

6 00 
62 00 
62 00 

600 00 

1,000 00 

160 00 

500 00 

2,167 00 

18 00 

38 00 

60 00 

1,975 00 

575 00 

7 41 

4 00 
1,353 00 

529 00 

640 00 

62 00 

62 00 

23,086 00 

70 00 

1,182 00 

1,120 00 

960 00 

360 00 

1,000 00 

1,500 00 



58 



THE CITY HALL. 



No. 



245, 

246, 

247, 

248, 

249, 

250, 

251, 

252, 

253 

254, 

255, 

256. 

257, 

258. 

259, 

260, 

261, 

262, 

263, 

264, 

265 

266, 

267 

268 

269 

270, 

271, 



July 3jE. S. Magee Day Watchman . 

do iJohn Born Night do 



Date. 

1871. 



In Whose Favor Drawn. 



On What Account 



July 18, 
July 31, 
Aug. 5, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Aug. 7, 
Aug. 8, 

do 
Aug. 17, 
Sept, 6, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Sept. 22. 
Sept. 30, 
Oct. 3, 

do 



272, 
273,Oct. 



274, 

275, 

276, 

277, 

278, 

279, 

280, 

281, 

282, 

283, 

284, 

285, 

286, 

287 

288, 

289, 

290 

291, 

292, 

293, 

294, 

295 

296, 

29 



6, 



Marble Tile & Transportation, 
do Freight and Charges, 

Stone "Work 

Iron do 

Plastering 

Carpenter Work 

Painting 

Day Watchman 

Night do 

Freight on Tile 

Tile 

Brick Work 

Freight on Tile 

Stone Work 

Brick do , 

Plastering 

Carpenter Work 

Painting 

Tile Floor 

Iron Fence 

Day Watchman 

Night do 

Heating ., 

City Hall Bonds 



do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Nov. 20, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Dec. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



J. W. Haney & Co 

do 
Mackin & Alexander.... 
J. G. Sehultz 

D. B.Morris 

W. Boyd & Son 

Bassett & Brown 

E. S. Magee 

John Born 

J. W. Haney & Co 

Frank Mclntyre 

E. Ecker & Sons 

J. W. Haney Co 

Mackin & Alexander.... 
Ecker & Sons 

D. B. Morris 

W. Boyd& Son 

Bassett & Brown 

Frank Mclntyre. , 

Marshall Bros 

E. S. Magee 

John Born 

Geo. W. Blake 

Semi-annual Interest... 

E. S. Magee Day Watchman, 

.John Born Night do 

Boyd & Son Carpenter Work. 

D. B. Morris Plastering 

Bassett & Brown Painting 

J. C. Sehultz Iron Work 

Fricke & Welsh Lightning Eods.. 

J. W. Kerr Architect 

E. S. Magee Day Watchman. 

John Born INlght do 

Boyd & Son.... Carpenter Work, 

D.'B. Morris Plastering 

Mackin & Alexander... Stone Work 

.los Hastings Cleaning Cellar.. 

F. Mclntyre Tile Floors 

Bassett & Brown Painting 

J. W. Kerr Architect 

Aiken & Co , Slate Roofing 

E. S. Magee Day Watchman.. 

John Born jNight do 

Boyd & Son Carpenter Work. 

D. B. Morris Plastering 

Q. W. Blake Steam Heating.., 

Bassett & Brown ;Painting. 

Beggs & Lindsay 'Marble Mantels , 

F. Slclntyre '. iTile Floor 

Kim& Schwartz 'Tin Eoof 



60 00 

60 00 

108 75 

85 10 

2,132 00 

6,000 00 

1,758 00 

2,384 00 

900 00 

62 00 

62 00 

19 90 

250 00 

600 00 

7 55 

1,650 00 

2,600 00 

1,468 00 

1,376 00 

1,810 00 

168 00 

512 00 

62 00 

62 00 

3,000 00 

7,000 00 

60 00 

60 00 

962 00 

506 00 

320 00 

3,838 26 

95 00 

2,500 00 

62 00 

62 00 

2,387 00 

540 00 

472 00 

450 00 

232 00 

160 00 

2,500 00 

466 50 

60 00 

60 CO 

2,436 00 

340 00 

3,000 00 

320 00 

707 50 

325 00 

524 85 



EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL. 



59 



No. 
298 

299: 

300 

301 

302 

303 

304 

305 

306 

307 

308. 

309 

310 

311 

312 

313 

314 

315: 

316 

317 

318 

319 

320, 

321 

322 

323 

324 

325 

326 

327 

328 

329, 

330 

331 

332, 

333, 

334 

334, 

335! 

336, 

337 

338 

339 

340 

341 

342 

343: 

344: 

345 

346 

347, 

348, 



Date. 

1871. 



Deo. 8, 
Dec. 28, 

1872. 
Jan. 5, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Jan. 9, 
Jan. 13, 
Jan. 20, 
Jan, 23, 
Jan. 29, 

do 
Peh. 6, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Mar. 5, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
Apr. 3, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 



In Whose Favor Drawn. 



Wm. B. Scaife 

J. W. Haney & Co., 



On What Account. 



Ventilating Screens., 
Freight on'Tile 



Carpenter Work. 

Plastering ,,. . 

Painting 



Boyd & Son 

D. B. Morris 

Bassett & Brown.. . 

F. Mclntyre iTile Floors. 

Marshall Bros ITwo Boiler Scrapers 

Pittsburgh Gas Co Coke 

Charles Porter jCleaning Hall 

John McAllister 'Engineer 

John C. Davidson 

John Born 

E. S. Magee 

J. W. Haney & Co 

do 

G. W. Blake 

John Baird, Son & Co., 

John Arthurs 

Townsend Whelen&Co 
Boyd & Son..., 

D. B. Morris 

Bassett & Brown 

F. P. Mclntyre 

Jarvis, Halpin & Co 

Robt. Wood & Co 

John McAllister 

John Born 

JohnC. Davidson 

E. S. Magee 

C. S. Porter , 

Charles Armstrong.. 

Boyd & Son 

D. B. Morris 

Bassett & Brown 

F. Mclntyre 

Weldon & Kelly 

Pittsburgh Gas Co 

John McAllister 

John Born 

JohnC. Davidson 

C. Porter 

E. S. Magee 

W. J. Anderson & Co., 

Boyd& Son 

Bassett & Brown - 

F. Mclntyre 

Ecker & Sons 

Burke & Barnes 

Bissell & Co 

J. McAllister 

John Born 

;J. C. Davidson , 



Fireman 

do , 

Watchman 

Tile 

Freight on Tile 

Boilers , . 

Tiles 

Interest on Bonds 

do 

Carpenter Work 

Plastering 

Painting 

Tiling Floor 

Plumbing 

Large Lamp Posts 

Engineer 

Assistant Engineer...... 

Second do 

Day "Watchman 

Janitor 

Coal 

Carpenter Work , 

Plastering 

Painting 

Tiling 

Gas Fitting 

Coke and Gas ,...., 

Engineer , 

1st Assistant Engineer., 
2d do do 

Janitor 

Day Watchman 

Iron Work 

Carpenter Work 

Painting 

Tile Floor 

Brick Work 

Vault Doors 

Grates, Fenders, &c..... 

Engineer , 

1st Assistant Engineer. 
2d do do 



; 94 50 
157 25 

3,400 00 

664 00 

400 00 

300 00 

9 00 

133 60 

12 00 

63 00 

21 00 

62 00 

62 00 

32 35 

57 10 
1,958 83 
3,000 00 

35 00 

6,650 00 

3,680 00 

1,200 00 

280 00 

400 00 

1,840 00 

403 00 

93 00 

62 00 

46 50 

62 00 

42 50 

68 20 

1,840 00 

1,220 00 

480 00 

300 00 

426 00 

268 40 

87 00 

58 00 
39 00 
72 50 
58 00 

2,000 00 

3,000 00 

549 00 

350 00 

652 22 

1,000 00 

305 00 

93 00 

62 00 

46 50 



60 



THE CITY HALL. 



349 
350 
351 
352, 
353, 
354 
355, 
356 
357 
358, 
359 
360, 
361 
362, 
363 
364 
365 
366 
367, 
368, 
369, 
370, 
371 
372, 
373 
374 
375 
376 
377 
378 
379 
380 
381 
382 
383 
384 
385, 
386, 
387 
388 
389 

390. 
391, 
392 
393 

394 
395 



Date. 
1872. 



Apr. 3, 

do 
Apr. 12 
Apr. 19, 
May 9, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
May 13, 
May 28, 
June 3. 
June 15, 

do 

do 
June 25, 
June 29, 
July 1, 

do 

do 
July 3, 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
July 6, 

do 
July 9, 
July 10, 
July 11, 

do 

do 
July 17, 

do 
Dec. 28, 

do 

do 

1873. 

Jan. 29, 

June 28, 



In Whose Favor Drawn. 



C. S. Porter 

E. S. Magee 

Wm. J. Anderson & Co. 

B. C. & J. H. Sawyer... 

E. S. Magee 

John Born ,. 

C. S. Porter 

J. McAllister 

J. C. Davidson 

F. P. Mclntyre 

Bassett & Brown 

a W.Blake 

D. B. Morris 

W. J. Anderson & Co... 

J. B. McAllister 

Michael Taeger 

E. S. Magee 

John Born 

F. P. Mclntyre 

H. Hackmaster 

C. L. Magee 

Daily Gazette 

John Baird, Sons & Co., 

Michael Yaegen 

Christopher King 

E. S. Magee 

John Born 

Estate C.P. Porter, dec'd 

Boyd & Sons 

W. J. Anderson & Co... 

J. "Woodwell&Co 

Jarvis, Halpin & Co 

Mackin & Alexander... 

Marshall Bros , 

Bassett & Brown 

City Treasurer 

Weldon & Kelly 

Kim & Sous 

C. L. Magee, Treas 

do 

do 



do 
W. Kerr 

Aug. 14,lc. L. Magee, Treas. 

Oct. 9, Thomas Barnes 

1874. 
July 31, C. L. Magee, Treas., 
Aug, 1, do 



On What Account. 



Janitor 

Day Watchman 

Iron Work 

Material for Cleaning Hall., 

Day Watchman 

Night do 

Janitor 

Engineer. 

Assistant Engineer 

Tile Floor....' 

Painting 

Steam Heaters 

Plastering 

Iron Work 

Engineer 

Fireman 

Day Watchman 

Night do 

Laying Tile 

Building Hot Air Furnace. .. 
Interest due John Arthurs.. 

Advertising 

MarhleTile 

Watchman 

Engineer 

Assistant Janitor 

Night Watchman 

Janitor 

Carpenter Work 

Iron Work 

Hardware 

Plumbing 

Stone Stairs 

Iron Work 

Painting 

Cleaning City Hall 

G-as Fixtures 

Tin and Zinc Wox-k 

Interest paid Aug, 1, 1872... 

do 

do 

Interest paid Feb. 1, 1873.... 
Services as Architect in full. 
Interest due Aug. 1, 1872.... 
Vault door Treas. office 



Interest for Feb. 1, 1874., 
Interest for Aug. 1, 1874 . 



Amount. 



Total Disbursements 

Deduct Temporary Loan,. 



Actual Amount expended for all purposes, to July 31, 1874 $690,076 96 



$ 77 50 

62 00 

5,000 00 

80 69 

60 00 

60 00 

75 00 

90 00 

45 00 

450 00 

500 00 

1,501 52 

579 90 

2,000 00 

93 00 

62 00 

62 00 

62 00 

700 00 

117 07 

350 00 

10 60 

2,019 23 

60 00 

90 00 

60 00 

60 00 

80 00 

998 40 

1,112 63 

68 39 

1,303 54 

412 00 

205 48 

1,062 00 

369 77 

55 42 

30 10 

6,650 00 

2,205 00 

595 00 

9,100 00 

7,000 00 

9,100 00 

225 00 

9,100 00 
9,100 00 



$730,076 96 
40,000 00 



Recapitulation of Expenditures. 



Ground $100,000 00 

INTEREST. 

Interest on Mortgage $ 9,228 75 

Interest on Bonds to August 1, 1874 69,219 00 

Discount on Temporary Loans 454 41 

78,902 16 

TEMPOKAKT LOANS. 

Amount Paid 40,000 00 

BXCATATION. 

Patrick Bradley J 2,382 10 

Patrick Kinoella , 71 00 

Thomas Connors 84 88 

2,537 98 

STONE WORK. 

Henderson, Mackin & Co $232,289 15 

Maokin & Alexander 4,666 00 

236,955 15 

BRICK "WORK. 

Bcker & Sons , 52,140 22 

IRON WORK. 

Burke & Barnes , $ 4,975 00 

Logan, Gregg & Co 12 40 

Safe Deposit Co 245 61 

A. Fulton's Son & Co 101 52 

"W. J. Anderson & Co 13,093 06 

Marshall Bros 848 93 

Union Iron Mills 16 88 

J. C. Schultz 80,397 45 

Eobert Wood & Co 403 00 

100,093 85 



62 THE CITY HALL. 

CABPENTER WORK. 

Charles Ferguson I 12,227 25 

Boyd & Sons 27,367 40 

Per2Uson& Beck 200 55 

° $39,801 20 

PAINTING. 

Bassett& Brown ..., $ 7,141 00 

William Burke 56 00 

Moore & Pollock .-— 14 95 

7,211 95 

ROOriNG. 

David Aiken & Co., (Slate) $ 966 50 

Kim & Schwartz (Tin) 1,V54 95 

^ 2,721 45 

PLASTERING. 

D. B. Morris 14,577 90 

PRINTING. 

Evening Chronicle $ 86 20 

Dispatch 100 30 

Commercial 56 20 

Kepublic 64 40 

W. G. Johnston & Co 38 80 

Post(Daily) 70 00 

Sunday Leader 52 00 

Freiheits Preund 22 87 

Evening Mail 23 00 

Pittsburgh Gazette 92 00 

A. A. Anderson & Sons 51 50 

657 27 

GAS FITTING. 

"VVeldon & Kelley 1,121 42 

PLUMBING. 

Jarvis, Halpin & Co 4,103 54 



EECAPITULATION OP EXPENDITURES. 63 



TILE AND LAYING. 



John Baird, Son & Co $ 5,019 23 

Prank Mclntyre 3,475 00 

$8,494 23 

HEATING APPAKATirS. 

G. W. Blake $ 9,455 35 

W. B. Scaife 94 50 

9,549 85 

ARCHITECT. 

J. W. Kerr 20,000 00 

SUNDRIES. 

M, A. Jones $ 12 15 

H. Gerwig & Co. (Ropes) 55 22 

Bingham & Laing (Anthracite Coal) 42 68 

Stark, McMahon & Co., (Engine) 1,600 00 

Act of Assembly 50 00 

Otto Wuth (Analysis of Stone) 50 00 

Pittsburgh Gas Co 672 60 

Fulton, Bollman & Co., (Ropes) 86 77 

Mortgage Stamps 57 00 

Joseph Hastings (Cleaning Cellar) 462 50 

Bissell & Co ,805 00 

J. W. Kerr 19 75 

H. Hackmaster 117 07 

J. "W. Woodwell &Co 68 39 

Expressage and Stamps for Bonds 118 00 

Jared M. Brush, petty expenses 70 00 

Warrant for cleaning 369 77 

Charles Armstrong, Coal 68 20 

B. C & J. H. Sawyer,Soap 80 69 

4,305 79 



MAINTENANCE. 

Salaries of Day and Night "Watchmen, Engineers and 

Janitors, for over four years, 5,632 50 

PKBIQHT. 

J. W. Haney 468 00 



64 THE CITY HALL. 

LIGHTNIUa KODS. 

Fricke & Welsh $ 95 00 

MAKBLE MANTELS. 

Beggs & Lindsay 707 50 

Total $730,076 96 

Deduct items not properly belonging to cost of construction 229,497 72 

Actual cost of construction, $500,579 24 



Construction Account. 

The following statement shows the actual cost, as per contracts 
for excavation, walling of basement, and the whole of the super- 
structure and finishing of the building : 

Excavation $ 2,537 98 

Stone Work 236,955 15 

Brick Work 52,140 22 

Iron Work 100,093 85 

Carpenter Work 39,801 20 

Eoofing 2,721 45 

Plastering 14,577 90 

Painting 7,211 95 

Gas Fitting 1,121 42 

Plumbing 4,103 54 

Tile and Laying 8,494 23 

Heating Apparatus 9,549 85 

Freight 468 00 

Lightning Rods 95 00 

Marble Mantels 707 50 

Architect '. 20,000 00 

$500,579 24 



EECAPITULATION OF BXPENDrTURES. 65 



City Wall Building Tax Collected. 



S. ALLINDER — CITY TBEASTTEBR. 

5 mills, 1867 .' $ 56,617 95 

5 mills, 1868 75,051 06 

A. J. COCHRAN — TREASTTRBR. 

5 mills, 1869 72,713 81 

5 mills, 1870 74,293 24 

5 mills, 1871 82,449 95 

C. L. MAGBK — TREASURER. 

IJ mills, 1872 32,930 33 

ll mills, 1873 30,402 82 

i mill, 1874 20,587 88 

To July 31, 1874 $445,047 04 



City Treasurer — Jn Account with City Hall 
Commission, to July 31ST, 1874. 

RECEIPTS CITY BUILDING COMMISSION. 

Kents — Old Buildings, per Thos. Steel, Secretary $ 420 00 

Temporary Loans S40,000, less discount $1,195.23 38,804 77 

Bonds Sold 260,000 00 

City Building Tax 445,047 04 

1744,271 81 

EXPEND ITITRES. 

Construction of Building, Maintenance, &c $511,174 80 

Purchase of Ground and Interest on Mortgages 109,228 75 

Interest on Bonds to August 1, 1874 69,219 00 

Interest on Kenewal of Temporary Loans 454 41 

Temporary Loans Paid 40,000 00 

Balance in Treasury July 31, 1874 14,194 85 

$744,271 81 

9 



Reorganization of Commission. 

Owing to the retirement of Thomas Steel, Secretary, and the 
subsequent death of Col. William Phillips, President of the 
Commission, which latter event took place April 14th, 1874, the 
Board assembled on the 4th of August following, at the office of 
the Surveyor of Customs : members present, Messrs. Lyon, Hays, 
Brush, and Hai'e. A reorganization was effected by the election 
of Jared M. Brush, President, and Henry W. Oliver, Jr., Secretary. 

The late Secretary, Thomas Steel, laid before the Commission 
the foregoing detailed statement of disbursements, which was ap- 
proved, and lie was requested to probate the same, and file in the 
District Court. 



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